How Republicans moved from Reagan’s ‘evil empire’ to Trump’s praise for Putin https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...o-trump-e2-80-99s-praise-for-putin/ar-AAUieEE
Former Trump national intelligence chief ‘stunned’ by remarks praising Putin Former president’s remarks met with widespread condemnation https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...mp-putin-intelligence-dan-coats-b2023526.html
Tucker Carlson ‘Indistinguishable’ From Russian State Media, Ex-RT Host Argues Liz Wahl, who famously quit RT while on-air in 2014, clashed with NewsNation host Dan Abrams over her assertion that Carlson is the same as Russian propaganda. https://www.thedailybeast.com/tucke...le-from-russian-state-media-ex-rt-host-argues
That is an opinion. How do you measure "toughness".... Putin was still in power at the end of trump's term and killing people... putin could care less what party is in the white house...